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The Irish Act of Union: A Study in High Politics, 1798-1801. (Reviews of Books).

Albion,  March, 2002  by Gray, Peter

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Patrick M. Geoghegan. The Irish Act of Union: a Study in High Politics 1798-1801. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1999. Pp. xii, 290. $59.95. ISBN 0-312-22728-0.

Patrick Geoghegan's study of the passage of the Irish Act of Union combines the strengths and weaknesses of high political methodology. His book offers an exhaustive narrative account of the political origins and travails of the Union measure and the associated matters of Catholic Emancipation and the fall of William Pitt's administration in 1801. From the outset, Geoghegan is at pains to emphasize that he takes seriously ...

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